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NSA to convene China Study Group meeting to discuss incursion fallout

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep.17 (ANI): National Security Advisor M K Narayanan will hold a meeting of the China Study Group – consisting of top officials including Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Secretaries of Defence, Home and Foreign Ministries – here today.

The meeting is expected to take stock of the situation along the Sino-India border, official sources said.

Besides Chandrasekhar, the meeting will be attended by Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar, Home Secretary G K Pillai and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.

Top officials of the three armed forces and the Intelligence Bureau will also attend the meeting.

The meeting assumes significance in wake of recent reports of incursions by the Chinese army in Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, involving the air dropping of expired food canes, painting of rocks red among others.

Another media report said that two Chinese Sukhoi fighters had transgressed into Indian air space last month.

The Indian Air Force, however, says no unscheduled flight inside Indian air space had taken place last month. (ANI)

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Search operation for missing Andhra CM is on: NSA Narayanan

September 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): National Security Adviser M.K.Narayanan on Wednesday evening said that search operations were being carried out in the Nallamallai forest area of Andhra Pradesh and some forward movements are expected by Thursday morning.

Nallamalai forest is the area where the State Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s helicopter has gone missing.

“Search operation is on in the area. We expect some forward movement by tomorrow morning. Two helicopters with the sensitive radar facility have been pressed into the operation,” said Narayanan.

“One more copter will be pressed into the service by tomorrow,” he added.

“ISRO’s low-flying aircrafts have taken high resolution pictures on Nallamalai area. The Indian Satellites’ pictures will also be examined by tomorrow morning,” said Narayanan.

“All the images will be available by tomorrow morning. The analysis will also be done tomorrow morning,” he added.

“We are (at present) not concerned about naxals’ presence but we are more concerned about CM and party’s safe return,” Narayanan said. (ANI)

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Obama’s security being compromised due to archaic USSS communication system

May 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 23 (ANI): President Barack Obama’s life could be in danger if 34 million dollars are not granted to upgrade the communication system of the US Secret Service, a report claims.

The agency says that its communication system is incompatible with the White House communication system, resulting in a “dangerous gap” that could “prevent the attainment of the performance target of 100 percent protection.”

The statements appeared in a 2010 budget request, submitted to Congress, Wired News reports.

“USSS’ protective and investigative missions will be functionally unable to respond to the increasing volume of threats without additional investment,” the agency said.

According to the request, the agency’s “degraded” networks and software are “adversely impacting critical operational missions” and could thwart agents communicating in an emergency.

The USSS also warned that without the multi-million-dollar upgrade, its system was vulnerable to hacker attacks.

A spokesman for the agency said the agency isn’t currently at risk.

“Despite the challenges we are currently facing with an aging IT infrastructure, this will not interfere with our ability to carry out our protective and investigative missions at this time,” the spokesman said.

However, Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told Congress in March that “the agency’s IT and other mission critical infrastructure cannot sustain the tempo of current operations.”

Sullivan added that the agency flunked an NSA security audit last year that was intended to detect intrusions and vulnerabilities.

“While the NSA findings are classified, I can tell you that the results were chilling,” Sullivan wrote in the testimony. (ANI)

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NSA Narayanan to leave for Sri Lanka today

May 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan will leave for Sri Lanka today to review the situation in that island nation.

The visit is being held a day after President Mahinda Rajapaksa formally announced that the war against the Tamil Tigers was finally over and that the rebel group has been eliminated.

Ahead of his visit, Narayanan met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and briefed him about the developments in Sri Lanka.

Narayanan said that India’s primary concern is to ensure that Sri Lankan Tamil civilians are taken care of.

On Tuesday, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee urged the Sri Lankan Government to reach out to Tamils and build a political accommodation that protects the rights of all citizens.

Mukherjee further said the Sri Lankan Government should settle the issue of ethnic minorities, including Tamils.

Sri Lankan troops finished off the last of the LTTE resistance on Monday, wrapping up a three-year offensive to destroy the separatists and win a 25-year-civil war.

The Sri Lankan Government has to provide basic assistance and services to an estimated 265,000 people, who fled the fighting in the northern part of the country.

This latest massive influx of people, who have endured extreme conditions, will put an even greater strain on the camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) that are already buckling under the pressure of the existing IDP population.

Mukherjee said India had already offered a package of Rs. one billion as relief to Sri Lanka and was considering another package of five billion rupees. (ANI)

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Victorious Varun, Maneka Gandhi meet L.K.Advani

May 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): BJP leaders Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi arrived here to meet Lal Krishna Advani at his residence on Sunday morning, following reports of the latter’s wish to step down from party’s parliamentary board.

On Saturday, Varun Gandhi won from the Pilibhit Constituency and his mother Maneka Gandhi registered victory from Aonla Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

The meeting holds significance, as it is to be seen whether the party holds more responsibilities to the young firebrand leader Varun Gandhi.

Varun Gandhi’ poll campaigning had sparked a lot of interest in political circuits, following his alleged hate speech at an election rally in Pilibhitand slapping of National Security Act by the UP govt. against him on March 29.

He was put behind bars by the Mayawait government in Uttar Pradesh.

However, the State Advisory Board, which conducted an in-camera hearing on April 28, recommended the revocation. The UP govt. was thus compelled to revoke the NSA against Varun following Supreme Court’s directive. (ANI)

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Uttar Pradesh Government withdraws NSA against Varun

May 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lucknow, May 14 (ANI): Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday revoked the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for allegedly making hate speeches.

UP Government’s decision came hours after the Supreme Court ordered the State Government to revoke the NSA against Varun Gandhi.

Varun was arrested under the NSA on March 29.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court revoked the NSA invoked against Varun Gandhi for making an alleged ‘hate-speech’ in Pilibhit.

Varun had challenged the imposition of the NSA by the Uttar Pradesh Government in the apex court and demanded compensation of rupees 10 lakh from Chief Minister Mayawati.

The imposition of NSA on Varun has also been termed invalid by the Uttar Pradesh Advisory Board appointed by the Allahabad High Court to go into the merits of the case.

The government argued that the Advisory Board’s decision was incorrect, as it had ignored several cogent evidences against Varun.

Varun had submitted his representation before an Advisory Board in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on April 28 against slapping of the NSA over his alleged hate speech in Pilibhit.

As the ultimate statutory authority on the NSA, the Advisory Board has the right to approve or revoke the government order invoking the act against Varun.

The verdict of the Advisory Board is final and if it chooses to revoke the NSA, Varun would be set free with immediate effect.

Varun was charged for making highly inflammatory anti-Muslim utterances during his poll campaign in Pilibhit. (ANI)

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Supreme Court revokes NSA against Varun Gandhi

May 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday revoked the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi for making an alleged ‘hate-speech’ in Pilibhit.

Varun had challenged the imposition of the NSA by the Uttar Pradesh Government in the apex court and demanded compensation of rupees 10 lakh from Chief Minister Mayawati.

The imposition of NSA on Varun has also been termed invalid by the Uttar Pradesh Advisory Board appointed by the Allahabad High Court to go into the merits of the case.

The government argued that the Advisory Board’s decision was incorrect, as it had ignored several cogent evidences against Varun.

Varun had submitted his representation before an Advisory Board in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on April 28 against slapping of the NSA over his alleged hate speech in Pilibhit.

As the ultimate statutory authority on the NSA, the Advisory Board has the right to approve or revoke the government order invoking the act against Varun.

The verdict of the Advisory Board is final and if it chooses to revoke the NSA, Varun would be set free with immediate effect.

Varun was charged for making highly inflammatory anti-Muslim utterances during his poll campaign in Pilibhit. (ANI)

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Supreme Court to hear Varun Gandhi’s plea on National Security Act

May 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi’s petition seeking quashing of the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against him.

The apex court will also hear the Uttar Pradesh Government petition, challenging the recent quashing of the NSA on Varun.

In its petition, the government has argued that the Advisory Board’s decision was incorrect, as it had ignored several cogent evidences against Varun.

The imposition of NSA on Varun by Mayawati Government has been termed invalid by the UP Advisory Board appointed by Allahabad High Court to go into the merits of the case.

Varun had submitted his representation before an Advisory Board in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on April 28 against slapping of the NSA over his alleged hate speech in Pilibhit.

As the ultimate statutory authority on the NSA, the Advisory Board has the right to approve or revoke the government order invoking the act against Varun.

The verdict of the Advisory Board is final and if it chooses to revoke the NSA, Varun would be set free with immediate effect.

The Supreme Court on May 2 had extended the interim bail of Varun till May 14.

Varun was charged for making highly inflammatory anti-Muslim utterances during his poll campaign in Pilibhit. (ANI)

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pex court to decide Thursday on NSA against Varun

May 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to take a final call Thursday on the legality of imposing the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi by the Uttar Pradesh government for his alleged hate speeches during the poll campaign.

A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan is to hear a bunch of lawsuits on the issue, including the latest one filed by Varun Gandhi Wednesday.

In his latest petition, Varun Gandhi, the BJP candidate from the Pilibhit constituency, demanded a compensation of Rs.1 million for his detention for over a fortnight after he was arrested and the NSA charges were applied March 28.

Appearing for the young leader before the bench, former additional solicitor general Mukul Rohtagi also sought the court’s direction to the state government to abide by the state advisory board’s direction to scrap the invocation of the security law against his client.

Citing an apex court ruling, Rohtagi told the bench, which also included Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Deepak Verma, that the advisory board’s finding on the legality of invocation of NSA against an individual is final and the state government must abide by it.

Rohtagi pleaded to the apex court to dismiss the state government’s lawsuit challenging the advisory board’s order.

He told the court that he would file another lawsuit on behalf of Varun Gandhi by the evening and pleaded to the court to hear it along with other lawsuits on the issue.

The bench allowed him to file the lawsuit and assured him that it would be heard Thursday.

Varun Gandhi’s parole granted by the apex court expires Thursday and his original lawsuit challenging his detention under the NSA and invocation of the security law against him was slated for hearing Thursday.

Varun Gandhi, grandson of late prime minister Indira Gandhi, faced controversy after his reported remarks against the Muslim community during election rallies.

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Varun Gandhi moves Supreme Court on National Security Act

May 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): The BJP candidate from the Pilibhit seat, Varun Gandhi, on Wednesday, moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the National Security Act (NSA) invoked against him.

The apex court will hear the plea on Thursday.